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Granted Patent B2
US 11,520,057 · App. 17/029,977 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Radiation image capturing apparatus

Inventor: Naoto Iwakiri (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G01T1/17G01T1/20188G01T1/2978G01T1/2964
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Patent No.
US 11,520,057
App. No.
17/029,977
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and plural pixels that accumulate charges generated in accordance with radiation, a flexible first cable including one ends electrically connected to a connection region disposed at a predetermined side of the sensor substrate, a first circuit substrate electrically connected to the other end of the first cable and in which a first component used for processing a digital signal in a circuit unit driven in a case of reading out the charges in the plural pixels is mounted, a flexible second cable including one end electrically connected to a connection region disposed at a side different from the predetermined side, and a second circuit substrate electrically connected to the other end of the second cable and in which a second component used for processing an analog signal in the circuit unit is mounted.

Claims (35)

1. A radiation image capturing apparatus comprising:

a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and a plurality of pixels accumulating electric charges generated in accordance with radiation;

a flexible first cable of which one end is electrically connected to a connection region disposed on a predetermined side of the sensor substrate;

a first circuit substrate that is electrically connected to the other end of the first cable;

a flexible second cable of which one end is electrically connected to a connection region disposed on a side different from the predetermined side of the sensor substrate; and

a second circuit substrate that is electrically connected to the other end of the second cable, wherein

the first circuit substrate is mounted with a plurality of first components used for processing a digital signal in a driving unit driven in a case of reading out the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels, and

the second circuit substrate is mounted with a plurality of second components used for processing an analog signal in a signal processing unit driven in the case of reading out the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels.

2. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first component includes driving components of a driving unit that reads out the electric charges from the plurality of pixels.

3. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the second component includes signal processing components of a signal processing unit into which an electric signal corresponding to the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels is input and that generates and outputs image data corresponding to the input electric signal.

4. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first circuit substrate is a flexible substrate.

5. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the second circuit substrate is a non-flexible substrate.

6. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second component includes signal processing components of a signal processing unit into which an electric signal corresponding to the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels is input and that generates and outputs image data corresponding to the input electric signal.

7. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first circuit substrate is a flexible substrate.

8. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the second circuit substrate is a non-flexible substrate.

9. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first circuit substrate is a flexible substrate.

10. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

11. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable is electrically connected to the first circuit substrate by thermocompression.

12. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second circuit substrate is a non-flexible substrate.

13. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

14. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second cable is electrically connected to the second circuit substrate through a connector.

15. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined side is a longest side of the sensor substrate.

16. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first circuit substrate is mounted with some of the plurality of second components smaller than the plurality of first components in number.

17. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second circuit substrate is mounted with some of the plurality of first components smaller than the plurality of second components in number.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2020
From: IWAKIRI, NAOTO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053863/0101 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-058966 · Mar 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019007502 · Feb 27, 2019
Related Publication 20210003719A1 · Jan 7, 2021
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